Hollow-tile-partition tie piece



HOLLOW TILE PARTITION TIE PIECE Filed Aug. 28, 1926 F/GJ.

INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY.

Patented ma 3, i927.

WALTER L. ALBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLLOW-TILE-PARTITION TIE PIECE.

Application filed August 28, 1926.

This invention relates to means for attaching the upright studs or postsof a door frame in a door opening of hollow t le partitions ofbuildings, and has for its object:

To provide a structural formation of a plate metal tie piece in whichare combined the features of aligning engagement between the adjoiningedges of the hollow tile sections of a partition, the anchoring of thetie piece against horizontal shift when 1n place and means of attachmentto an upright stud or post of a door frame, all as will hereinafter morefully appear.

In the accompanying drawing: I Fig. 1, is a fragmentary side elevationshowing the tie piece in place between sec tions of hollow tile and inengagement with the stud or post of a door frame.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal section, on line 2-2 Fig. l. V I

Fig.3, is a perspective view of the narrow type of the tie piece.

Fig. 4, is a similar View of the wide type of the same.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

The preferred form of the tie piece is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and isadapted to fit the adjacent side walls of a pair of hollow tile sections1 and 2 at the door opening of a building partition, the scope of theinvention however embraces a formation of the tie piece so that the samewill span the entire thickness of the hollow tile sections of the narrowtype.

In both types of the tie piece, the same is formed from an approximatelyrectangular blank of plate metal having one or more tongues orextensions 3 at one end and formed with a pair of sllts midway itslength, so that when bent in to a channel shape the structure willcomprise outer and inner side webs fixedly connected together by acentral transverse connecting web 6, with the end portions of said webs4, 5, extending upwardly to provide pairs of outer and inner sideflanges 7 and 8 in parallel relation to provide a receiving channel fora wall porchannel for the 4 and 5 in parallel relation Serial No.132,077.

tion of a hollow tile section 1 as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the preferred form of the invention, above refered to, the tie piecewill. have a single tongue or extension 3 extending from the outer sideweb 4 aforesaid, while the other form of the and 5 will be providedwith-similar tongues 3, as shown in Fig. 4.

A material part of the improvement consists in forming the webs 4 and 5and side flanges 7 and 8 withinwardly projecting anchor prongs 9 adaptedto engage in the usual surface grooves 10 formed in many hollow tilesections, or in specially formed recesses in the plan surfaced tiles,and for the purpose of resisting longitudinal shift of the tie piece.

In the narrow type of the tie piece, the transverse connecting web 6 isintegrally formed with the i in the wide type of the tie piece, the saidconnecting web 6 will be formed as a separate part and secured byangular flanges and rivets to separately formed side webs 4 and 5, witha View to economy of manufacture, and as shown in Fig. 4.

In a practical application, the tie piece is positioned so that thetransverse c011- necting web Grests upon the upper end of aholl-ow tilesection 2, with the depending side webs 4 and 5, while tie piece, eachside web 4.-

webs 4 and 5, in contact with opposite faces of the tile section, whilethe pairs of upstanding side flanges 7 and 8 provide a reception of andengagement with the lower end of a section 1 as shown in Fig. 1,and'with the tongue or extension 3, in contact with a side of the door framepost a fixed attachment thereto attained by nails driven into said postthrough nail holes formed in said tongue or extension.

Having thus fully described my invention.

what I claim and ters Patent is:

l. A tie piece of the type described, comprising in combination a pairof side webs having upstanding end portions, a connecting web arrangedat the mid-height and mid-length of said side webs, and an extendesireto secure by Letsuperimposed tile or upright 11, with 5 side plate forattach- Webs having i inwardly projecting anchor prongs near theirrespective e ds.

2. A tie piece of the type described, comprising in combination a pairof side Webs having upstanding end portions, a connecting web arrangedat the mid-height and mid-length of said'side Webs,and an extension atone end of a side plate forattachment to a door post, the side Webs andtheir upstanding lower movable projecting anchor prongs.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 26th day WALTER L. ALBEB.

of August, 1926" portions carrying upper and

